An elderly man wipes his face with a towel during a hot day in a residential district in Seoul.

An elderly man wipes his face with a towel during a hot day in a residential district in Seoul.

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Record-breaking temperatures leave 29 dead in South Korean heatwave

As many as 29 people have died due to heatstroke in South Korea, according to the South Korean Ministry of Health, Welfare and Disease Control.